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popular among theme park operators and are now becoming exceedingly popular as standalone attractions as well. “The fact that they allow such a wide range of ages to experience the adventure together makes them the perfect addition to increase traffic at tourist locations allowing operators to build a little more drama into the history and natural spectacle of their location,” says Kevin Rohwer, Dynamic Attractions. “As with anything,” continues Kevin, “finding a
balance between dramatic tension and calm gliding has allowed these rides to appeal to the broadest range of visitors. From children to their grandparents flying theatres allow a whole family unit to experience and adventure together and create memories that they can talk about for years to come. The goal was to create a flying theatre experience that was entertaining with a compelling narrative arc that wouldn’t excluding certain visitors from the ride by making it too rollercoaster-like.” “The advancements of technology has allowed
us to match the feeling of flying and immerse the rider in the media and other effects to truly create an unbeatable experience,” adds colleague Cindy. “Like a popular song, we know the audience might not understand why it's such a hit, but once they hear it, they can't help but want to hear it again. The same applies to Flying Theaters. Riders may not be able to verbalise what is so appealing about them, but they know it when they feel it.” “Having a creative design team right next to our
engineers, along with expanded mock-up facilities, enhances Dynamic Attractions’ ability to bridge the creative and technical worlds, not only to create, but to build and perfect designs before they leave the facility. By marrying these disciplines from the beginning, we are better able to create amazing attractions that will keep guests coming back time and time again. Our past experience has proven that without superior quality rides and multimedia seamlessly integrated together, the ride will suffer,” says Kevin. “By looking at all parts of the attraction we are able to integrate everything to create an overall experience for the guest and superior attraction bringing more guests to these locations. The newly opened USA Today award winner - SkyFly: Soar America has increased tourism at the already popular, Island at Pigeon Forge and looks to bring in return and new guests to experience this flight. “By leveraging the experience learned at current
attraction sites operators in niche markets are also looking to expand their tourism pull with the addition of these attractions. We have seen an increase in companies looking for providers with strong management, technical and creative teams to build relationships with for new attractions. Having a company with a strong track record has proven to be a huge advantage in the market place and companies that know these ride systems inside and
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SkyFly Soar America, Dynamic Attractions. Kraftwerk Living Technologies was also involved in this project
out are flourishing. What the future holds for Flying Theatres remains to be seen, but I can tell you there's a few things we know for sure. These attractions are growing in popularity around the world, and from our perspective this ride system is just starting to take off with all that it’s capable of.” Commenting on the process, Andreas Stickel,
Simtec Systems offers this as an analogy: “The success of a flying theatre attraction depends on the usage of its single components, like preparing a first-class meal! If one of the ingredients is not up to the highest quality, your meal will not fulfill the expectations of your guests. It´s the same with your flying theatre. “The starting point is a well thought through
storyline for the creation of the media which ends with
the decision, who will produce the media? It needs to be an experienced company that understands flying theaters in general, and in Simtec´s case in particular, the huge capabilities of our motion system to create the correct movements within the media content. “Easy to say from our point of view, a successful
flying theater project needs a Simtec HEXaFLITE system, with the advantage of 6 DOF motion system generating a huge motion envelope and using a single loading platform to provide best seating in the center of the screen in the size that you need to fulfill your capacity requirements. The single loading deck and our monitored shoulder bar restraint system guarantees a fast load and unload process compared to systems with multiple smaller units installed on different levels and systems with seat
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